Training and Support

Training and Networking

Here you’ll be able to sign up to a range of training and networking sessions for Great Big Green Week 2025. You can also find recordings of previous sessions to watch in your own time.

Current sessions

Here you’ll find all the training sessions that you can currently register for. Scroll down for a list of upcoming and previous sessions!

How to organise a local event or Green Week

If you’re organising an event or Green Week for Great Big Green Week 2025, or just want to hear more about Great Big Green Week, come along to our first session of the year for an overview of everything you need to know!

In this session we’ll cover:

• What is Great Big Green Week?
• How you can get involved?
• Training and resources
• Registering your events

We’ll also hear from previous Great Big Green Week organisers – they’ll share their experiences and top tips to help you get started.

📅 When: Tuesday 4th March, 6:00 – 7:30pm
💻 Where: Online (Zoom – you will be sent a link when you sign up)

Funding opportunity: Support for community event in Wales during Great Big Green Week 2025

Greener Together: Empowering Communities, Inspiring Change

Climate Cymru are soon to launch a fantastic funding opportunity to help communities across Wales bring their green ideas to life during Great Big Green Week!

This funding is designed to support underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, disabilities and youth, and can be used to contribute to your event costs.

Come along to this session to find out more about the fund and how you can apply.

📅 When: Wednesday 26th February, 6:00pm
💻 Where: Online

Previous training sessions

Here, you can watch previous training sessions to help you prepare for Great Big Green Week 2025.

How to organise a Green Week

Watch out training session from last year about how to organise a local event or Green Week for Great Big Green Week! You can also hear from Sara Kandiah about how Greener Henley ran their programme of events in 2023.

How to apply for Community Funding

This session focused on how to apply for funding for your community events and initiatives, including Great Big Green Week activities.

Hannah Picken, the founder of a not for profit organisation Wild Earth Movement, shared her experience of taking part in The Great Big Green Week and sourcing and applying for funding for their events.

We then heard from three funders, who shared their guidance and advice on applying for funding – Conor Rowden, Network Coordinator at Warm This Winter/Uplift UK, Perrine Rauzy, Community Manager at Action Funder and Melissa Eaglesfield, Deputy Director UK Portfolio at The National Lottery Community Fund.

Media Training with the Local Storytelling Exchange

Getting media coverage is a fantastic way to tell your story, boost local awareness and ensure that as many people as possible in your community hear about your event or local Green Week. It might sound daunting, but this training will provide tips and guidance to make it easier.

We’ve teamed up with the Local Storytelling Exchange to run this session to equip you with the fundamental knowledge and tools to achieve local media hits and feel confident engaging with local media in the run up to Great Big Green Week.

This training session covers the importance of local and regional media, guidance for engaging with the media, including interview tips, finding journalists, writing press releases, and more. There will be a chance to get into smaller groups to share your plans for Great Big Green Week so we can support you with developing your story for local media.

Blackening the Green Movement

In this session Professor Robert Beckford talks about how we can engage more black and brown people within sustainability and climate movements.

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